<p>I did my scheduling right this year finally and am aiming for a 4.0 or close to it this year. If i get a 4.0 uw it would be 3.51 uw and 3.66 w, if I get a 3.9 uw it would be 3.48 uw and 3.62 w, if i get 3.8 uw it would be 3.44 uw and 3.59 w, if i get 3.7 uw then it would be 3.4 uw and 3.55 w, if i get 3.6 uw then it would be 3.37 uw and 3.51 w, if i get 3.5 uw it would be 3.33 uw and 3.48 w, if i get 3.4 uw then it would 3.30 uw and 3.44 w, if i get 3.3 uw then it would be 3.26 uw and 3.4 w, if i get 3.2 uw then it would be 3.22 uw and 3.37 w, and all this is doing the math. School starts on Thursday, so any advice on keeping a high GPA Junior Year???</p>
<p>Based on knowing this what is the minimum GPA i would need junior year to at least be competitive for Pitt? Obviously the higher the better.</p>
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<p>I would say a 3.25 at MINIMUM but you would only really get accepted if you had a rigorous courseload and good SAT/ACT scores to balance it out. To be on par with acceptances you should be at 3.5+</p>
<p>In terms of % of freshman in 2010-2011</p>
<p>3.75+: 67%
3.5-3.74: 16%
3.25-3.49: 10%
<3.24: 7%</p>
<p>source: <a href=“http://www.ir.pitt.edu/cds/documents/CDS2010-11PittsburghCampus.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ir.pitt.edu/cds/documents/CDS2010-11PittsburghCampus.pdf</a></p>
<p>but what would I need to give me the best possible shot GPA wise at Pitt junior year??</p>
<p>Do your best, what more can we say? College admissions is a game of statistics - no one can give you a sure answer. All you can do it look at averages.</p>
<p>It’s not a very good attitude to want to know the minimum GPA to shoot for and leave it at that. If you look at AO’s stats above. 67% had 3.75. overall. I doubt there are any statistics available for a specific high school year. If you work hard and do the best that you can, you should not have to ask this question, since then there would be nothing more you can do anyway.</p>
<p>You can shoot for all A’s - can’t do any better than that. Don’t miss school, do all your homework and turn it in on time. start readings, projects, papers and other long term assignments early. If you don’t understand something, ask questions and take advantage of tutoring offered at school. Do extra credit and participate in class. A good trick is to review your class notes every night after that class. Rewriting them neatly is even better. You can then use the rewritten notes as a study sheet for tests. In some classes, you should also take notes from the textbooks themselves, not just passively read it. Most important - never fall behind.</p>
<p>Thank you southeastmom. Those are my thoughts exactly!</p>
<p>Pitthopeful: You should know better than to ask these questions. In fact, I have a feeling I’ve answered almost the same exact thing for you before with a similar answer to southeastmom. Do your best. Aim for the highest grades. Don’t predict anything. Since you have nothing tangible to give us (no SAT no final cumulative GPA which you are sending with applications) we can’t help you any more right now. </p>
<p>My advice: get off CC for a while and focus on high school. At the end of your junior year, when you have all your parts of your application ready, come back and ask for advice then.</p>